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Maya for Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the because-macs-are-cooler dept.

drc writes "I http://www.macnn.com/feature.php?id=344noticed on MacNN that 'Maya 4.5 for Mac OS X was announced this morning when Steve Jobs revealed that the Maya update would offer feature parity in OS X when compared to other platforms. Jobs also mentioned that Alias|Wavefront has seen the Mac OS X version of Maya grow to 25% of their total market. I'm suprised that the Mac OS X version has such a market share in such a short period of time."

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  1. maya and mice by tps12 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I remember Maya (on SGI) utilizing all three mouse buttons very extensively. How is the Mac version coping with the single button limitation?

    More importantly, why doesn't Apple have a three button scrolling mouse yet? After 18 years of insisting that users *like* having their hands tied behind their back, isn't it time to admit they're just being stubborn? C'mon, Steve, we won't think any less of you.

    In any case, good to see the Mac making headway in the graphics market it once dominated. Maybe it will reign again.

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    1. Re:maya and mice by tps12 · · Score: 0, Troll

      Okay, I am probably going to get modded down for criticizing the Great All-Knowing Apple, Inc., but here you go...

      If you read my question, it was why doesn't Apple make a 3-button mouse. Obviously, you can buy a third party mouse (in which case the 1-button mouse that shipped with your computer is just a waste of money).

      I'm not saying make it standard: Apple offers plenty of options that wouldn't be needed by newbies (bigger hard drives, more memory, better video cards, gigabit Ethernet, SMP...), mice need be no different. Pay $15 more for another button or two...what's wrong with that?

      What is completely mind-boggling is that the Mac OS has had a feature for years (contextual menus) that practically demands at least one more button, and that Mac zealots such as yourself continue to claim that they are better off with less flexibility.

      There are a huge number of people out there who are buying a worthless single-button mouse every time they get a Mac, only to put it away in a drawer somewhere.

      Apple: where is the love?

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    2. Re:maya and mice by tps12 · · Score: 0, Troll

      since when did anyone keep the mouse that came with their computer?

      In the PC world, since they were able to choose which mouse came with their computer. I have thrown away a handful of 1-button Mac mice, but when I get a PC I just get the mouse I want in the first place.

      I don't understand why people won't accept multiple buttons as an optional feature. It's flexibility: you don't have to use it, but someone might want to.

      Why aren't you people complaining when Apple introduces a 17" iMac? After all, who needs a 17" iMac? Just get a 15" iMac and stick a 17" monitor in front of it!

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  2. Re:More paying customers by qurob · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've found that in my experience, my mac using friends are far more likely to actually pay for software than my windows using friends

    The only reason Mac stuff isn't pirated as much is becuase there aren't as many people using it.

    Therefore it's harder to find, there's less sources for it, less crackers for it...